This paper discusses the use of the Portable Health Clinic as a practical answer to the high burden of health in underdeveloped and developing member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), formed by Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It examines data on the current state of health services availability for rural populations in the aforementioned nations.

Chapter Contents:

• 6.1 Overview of healthcare access in the SAARC and ASEAN nations along the belt and road region
• 6.2 State of health services availability for rural populations in the ASEAN and SAARC regions
• 6.2.1 Baseline demographics of population distribution
• 6.2.2 State of health
• 6.2.3 Burden of health
• 6.2.4 Availability of healthcare workforce
• 6.3 Effectiveness of PHC to rectify the high burden of health in the underdeveloped and developing countries
• References

Inspec keywords: telemedicine; mobile computing; medical computing; health care; developing countries; medical information systems

Other keywords: Sri Lanka; Malaysia; Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Brunei; Lao; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand; Cambodia; South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; Indonesia; Vietnam; Maldives; Afghanistan; preventive healthcare services; Bangladesh; SAARC; India; Bhutan; Singapore; South Asian communities; Philippines

Subjects: Biology and medical computing; Biomedical communication; Medical administration; Mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive computing